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Rain Bird

This rainbird integration allows interacting with LNK WiFi module of the Rain Bird Irrigation system in Home Assistant.

There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant:

Configuration

To add the Rain Bird integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & Services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Rain Bird.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Configuration options

The integration has a configuration option to change the default amount of time that the irrigation will run when turning on a zone switch (default is 6 minutes). This can be overridden with an action (see below).

Binary sensor

The rainsensor sensor will tell if you if the device has detected rain.

Calendar

Some Rain Bird devices support automatic irrigation schedules configured with the Rain Bird app. and are available in Home Assistant as a Calendar entity. You can view the program schedule in the UI, or trigger other automations based on the irrigation start or end time.

Number

The Rain Delay Number Entity lets you set and view the number of days, if any, the automatic irrigation schedule has been delayed.

Switch

Switches are automatically added for all available zones of configured controllers.

Actions

The integration exposes actions to give additional control over a Rain Bird device.

rainbird.start_irrigation

Start a Rain Bird zone for a set number of minutes. This action accepts a Rain Bird sprinkler zone switch entity and allows a custom duration unlike the switch.

Data attribute Optional Description
entity_id no The Rain Bird Sprinkler zone switch to turn on.
duration no Number of minutes for this zone to be turned on. 
# Example configuration.yaml automation entry
automation:
  - alias: "Turn irrigation on"
    triggers:
      - trigger: time
        at: "5:30:00"
    actions:
      - action: rainbird.start_irrigation
        data:
          entity_id: switch.rain_bird_sprinkler_1
          duration: 5